Genesis 48:3-5

The Voice

Jacob (to Joseph): ³ The All-Powerful God^[a] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan many years ago and spoke His blessing over me, ⁴ telling me, “I am going to make you fruitful and multiply your descendants so that you will give rise to nation after nation. I will give this land to them after you to have as their possession forever.” ⁵ So Joseph, your two sons who were born to you in Egypt before I came here are mine. I claim Ephraim and Manasseh as my own, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.